SANCTUARY ANIMAL RESCUE QUESTIONNAIRE
Describe a day in the life of this animal if you adopt?
Pet name you are interested in?
What is the primary reason for wanting to adopt?
Do you own any other animals or have you in the past?
If so, what is their breed and age? (Answer all next questions according to any previous animals you have owned in the past if you don't have any currently)
Are they all up to date on all vaccinations and heart worm prevention?
Are your pets spayed/neutered?
If not, please explain why:
Are your pets indoor or outdoor?
If outdoor dog, do they have dog house or adequate shelter?
Have any of your animals shown aggression towards other animals or people?
If yes, explain:
Who is your current vet or who will you be using? (Include phone number and city)
Do you have fenced yard/pen/ or invisible fence?
If fenced yard, what is type and height of fence and is it COMPLETELY fenced?
Do you own a pool and is it fenced?
If pool is present, does pet have access to exit pool easily?
Do you live near a main highway or a road with high traffic volume?
Do you live in neighborhood or on land?
If land, how many acres?
Have you ever surrendered your pet to a shelter or given an animal away?
If so, what was the reason?
If adopting a cat, have you ever had your cat declawed?
Do you understand that our rescue does not allow any of our cats or kittens to be declawed?
Do you have any children? Ages?
Are you aware that animals are unpredictable around children?
Do you understand that it is your responsibility to make sure children do not abuse or provoke this animal?
How many hours will your pet be left alone during the day and/or night?
Will you crate this animal? If so, how long?
Do you bring your animal indoors during extreme heat and or cold?
If adopting a puppy, do you understand that they go through a teething phase?
Are you prepared for some destruction of property because of this stage?
Do you understand that it takes time for this animal to adjust to new owner and current animals?
Have you or anyone in your family ever been arrested/fined or subject in an investigation involving animal cruelty?
Do you understand if you fail to provide reasonable medical care for your animal or any abuse/neglect is evident you may be subject to animal cruelty fines and our rescue will repossess the animal immediately?
Are you prepared for the financial responsibility of owning an animal?
Would you take this animal with you if you had to move?
Do you take your dog or plan on taking this dog on daily walks?
Do you understand the importance of daily exercise in dogs?
Please explain why you think it is important?
Would you enroll your animal in obedience classes if you had trouble to help both you and your animal with behavior problems?
Are you aware that you receive a discount through PetSmart when enrolling one of our adopted animals in their classes?
Do you understand that our rescue reserves the right to do a scheduled pet inspection/home visit at any time during or after adoption?
Do you understand that our adoption fee is non-refundable?
Do you understand that our animals MUST be spayed/neutered before they turn 5 months old and will be subject to a $250 FINE and repossession of animal if not done so in the time frame allowed?
Are you aware that our rescue offers help and support/training for behavioral issues that might occur with adopted animal?
Do you or anyone in your family have allergies to pets?
If so, have you owned a pet in the past without it becoming a problem?
Do you understand that this animal MUST be returned to our rescue if at any time you cannot care for it and may NOT be re-homed without knowledge and/or permission of our rescue any time during its lifetime?
Do you own or rent a home or do you live in an apartment? If rent, what is name and number of landlord or apartment and policy on owning a pet? Have you paid your pet deposit?
I understand all questions and all my answers are true and accurate :__________________________________________________
Adoption approval given by: ________________________________________
